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the fbi and c.i.a. say they will brief members of the house and senate intelligence committees laying out how they handled the case and standing by their claim that politics were not involved in their decision to keep lawmakers in the dark. at least four people are now caught up in the investigation. along with petraeus and paula broadwell, there is jill kelley and top afghanistan commander john allen. the pentagon is now investigating general allen for allegedly sending thousands of inappropriate e-mails to kelley but allen is saying he did nothing wrong and the president and the army are standing by him. >> the president thinks very highly of general allen and his service to his country. as well as the job he has done in afghanistan. >> i believe john allen until somebody proves otherwise i believe that he did nothing inappropriate. >> that was white house spokesman jay carney and former army vice chief of staff peter tee ellie. jill kelley also received threatening letters from paula broadwell. now a
the fbi and c.i.a. say they will brief members of the house and senate intelligence committees laying out how they handled the case and standing by their claim that politics were not involved in their decision to keep lawmakers in the dark. at least four people are now caught up in the investigation. along with petraeus and paula broadwell, there is jill kelley and top afghanistan commander john allen. the pentagon is now investigating general allen for allegedly sending thousands of...
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it wasn't the fbi. it was the state police and federal prosecutors because you know the fbi has corruption in this sense. it is the only way for them to root out the fbi corruption. they all agree it was a deal with the devil but it was the deal that led to not only the fbi scandal but the discovery of victims. some cold cases, some murders had been unsolved until his testimony. >> bill: i've been thinking i can't wait to see the movie but at the same time the movie can never be as good as this trial. >> this is real stuff. the last point i was making is john mad rano wants to explain the story. what's the underlying issue here too is there are 19 murder victims. do you have whitey. you have this gangster and history of fbi scandal but he also killed 19 people. these are people who have their family members in court now who are looking at the photos who are listening to john's testimony. you can have the movie "the departed" but they didn't show many of the victims. that's really what the issue is here.
it wasn't the fbi. it was the state police and federal prosecutors because you know the fbi has corruption in this sense. it is the only way for them to root out the fbi corruption. they all agree it was a deal with the devil but it was the deal that led to not only the fbi scandal but the discovery of victims. some cold cases, some murders had been unsolved until his testimony. >> bill: i've been thinking i can't wait to see the movie but at the same time the movie can never be as good...
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back to the fbi. the way this whole thing got started is this jill kelly in tampa who is getting these e-mails, she doesn't know whom from, you better stay away from my boyfriend she has a friend in the fbi. getting the ugly e-mails. he starts an fbi investigation. jesus. this is not what the fbi -- in my opinion ought to be doing. they have more important things to do. this goes back to the j. edgar hoover days, that's all they were doing were investigating sex lives of prominent people. so he starts this investigation. it goes on. they discover e-mails are coming from paula broadwell. they discover she's having an affair with petraeus. he admits it. she admits it. then an fbi agent goes to a republican member of congress, not to the white house. not to the head of the senate intelligence committee or the house intelligence committee. to a republican member of congress. a guy from washington, forget his name. and then he says oh, you better go to the house leadership. so then the guy goes to eric can
back to the fbi. the way this whole thing got started is this jill kelly in tampa who is getting these e-mails, she doesn't know whom from, you better stay away from my boyfriend she has a friend in the fbi. getting the ugly e-mails. he starts an fbi investigation. jesus. this is not what the fbi -- in my opinion ought to be doing. they have more important things to do. this goes back to the j. edgar hoover days, that's all they were doing were investigating sex lives of prominent people. so he...
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is this really what the fbi -- what we want the fbi doing? don't they have more important things they ought to be doing? than people's sex lives? come on. number one. i don't know why the fbi's involved. number two, i don't know why petraeus felt that he had to resign. he wasn't forced out. he offered ois his ignore -- he offered his resignation. as a country we put sex and human frailty up and put too much importance on it. there's no reason, i believe for david petraeus to have to resign. david vitter is still in the united states senate. newt gingrich ran for president. he's a serial adulter. i'm not saying it's right. i'm saying this one affair and petraeus, we could not accept petraeus as the c.i.a. director? was he a good general? yeah, he was a great general. did he do a good job in iraq? he did a great job at iraq. was was he doing a good job at the c.i.a.? yes. end of story. we place too much importance on this. it just seems to me as americans we were still living in the victorian age and that's why petraeus felt that he had to resi
is this really what the fbi -- what we want the fbi doing? don't they have more important things they ought to be doing? than people's sex lives? come on. number one. i don't know why the fbi's involved. number two, i don't know why petraeus felt that he had to resign. he wasn't forced out. he offered ois his ignore -- he offered his resignation. as a country we put sex and human frailty up and put too much importance on it. there's no reason, i believe for david petraeus to have to resign....
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i just think she's running away from her fbi thing, this fbi investigation. she's getting out now and trying to save face >> you think we're finished with her that she's now going to gracefully leave the national scene? god, i hope so. i hope you're right. >> caller: it's disappointing because she was amusing. you know she was always doing something crazy and always kind of something to behold. >> she definitely is that anita. listening for your phone call. 55777377. we have more clips? >> when she was running for president she was just a virtual sound byte machine constantly giving good audio. she talked about what kind of person it was going to take to get things back in shape. >> we need some strong hombre or hombre ette. >> she's the hombre-ette. >> and this clip may or may not have been taken out of context. >> who likes white people! >> who likes white people. >> that would be most of the tea party i would imagine. on the one hand it's the hombre or the hombre-ette. >> did she ever speak to a latino audience. >> but she did talk to her white people frie
i just think she's running away from her fbi thing, this fbi investigation. she's getting out now and trying to save face >> you think we're finished with her that she's now going to gracefully leave the national scene? god, i hope so. i hope you're right. >> caller: it's disappointing because she was amusing. you know she was always doing something crazy and always kind of something to behold. >> she definitely is that anita. listening for your phone call. 55777377. we have...
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all the fbi can tell us, as rick delaura does, the making of these bombs, they seem to be hand-made, very crude, very kind of low-key explosives. put together with pressure cookers you can buy filled with nails and ball bearings and other pieces of metal and placed inside either duffle bags or backpacks and left on the sidewalk. here, the light fbi agent: >> among items partially recovered are pieces of black nylon which could be from a backpack and what appear to be fragments of bb's and nails possibly contained in a pressure cooker device. >> bill: he said the kind of black powder in this, too, was not plastic. so, it didn't do more damage, didn't dig a crater in the sidewalk, didn't bring down the buildings or the front of the buildings there in front. but still did a lot of damage to the people who were around there, of course. and the f.b.i. telling us, still, at this point they have no suspects. no one has come forward to claim responsibility. they are looking at the video and all of the pictures that have been turned in and everything, trying to look for signs of any clues at
all the fbi can tell us, as rick delaura does, the making of these bombs, they seem to be hand-made, very crude, very kind of low-key explosives. put together with pressure cookers you can buy filled with nails and ball bearings and other pieces of metal and placed inside either duffle bags or backpacks and left on the sidewalk. here, the light fbi agent: >> among items partially recovered are pieces of black nylon which could be from a backpack and what appear to be fragments of bb's and...
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i know what the fbi did. you cannot know what i know. >> bill: so i know, dude! because that's -- i'm the attorney general. you don't know what the hell you're talking about. which is true. louie gohmert doesn't know what he's talking to on any issue. he takes offense. how dare you insult my -- well, let him say it. >> when you attack somebody's integrity and say they made statements that were not true, then, of course, that is -- raises a point of personal privilege but the attorney general failed to answer my questions -- >> mr. chairman -- >> my asparagus. >> bill: aspersions on my asparagus. >> aspersions on my asparagus. >> bill: that's so funny. so he can attack holder but then when holder fights back, oh, no, point of personal privilege. how dare you cast dispersions on my asparagus. >> that's so good. >> bill: we got it here. congresswoman jackie speier coming in the studio with us in a little bit here. to talk about the media -- the military's continued and unbelievable refusal to really get serious
i know what the fbi did. you cannot know what i know. >> bill: so i know, dude! because that's -- i'm the attorney general. you don't know what the hell you're talking about. which is true. louie gohmert doesn't know what he's talking to on any issue. he takes offense. how dare you insult my -- well, let him say it. >> when you attack somebody's integrity and say they made statements that were not true, then, of course, that is -- raises a point of personal privilege but the...
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the fbi is on the case. president obama saying yesterday that we will track down whoever was responsible and make sure that they feel the full weight of justice. we'll bring you updates on boston throughout the morning at the same time updates on what's happening here in our nation's capital where comprehensive immigration reform is unveiled today and senators in the senate still scrambling for votes on gun safety. all of that and more on current tv. support the drug war you must be high. cenk uygur: i think the number one thing viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. i think the audience gets that i actually mean it. michael shure: this show is about being up to date so a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. joy behar: you can say anything here. jerry springer: i spent a couple of hours with a hooker joy behar: your mistake was writing a check jerry springer: she never cashed it (vo) the day's events. four very unique points of view. tonight starting a
the fbi is on the case. president obama saying yesterday that we will track down whoever was responsible and make sure that they feel the full weight of justice. we'll bring you updates on boston throughout the morning at the same time updates on what's happening here in our nation's capital where comprehensive immigration reform is unveiled today and senators in the senate still scrambling for votes on gun safety. all of that and more on current tv. support the drug war you must be high. cenk...
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the fbi is saying that they asked russia about this and never got a response. that's the take i'm getting at the white house. i don't know what meredith is hearing about it. >> wasn't it that the cia was the one that had flagged the older brother, and somehow there was some sort of miscommunication -- [overlapping speakers] >> bill: yeah, i think that was reported in the "post" this morning. so there's questions about -- and the pinged and janet janet napolitano said he pinged one list but not the other list. >> yeah. we're saying we never heard back from russia -- and excuse me -- there's concern in the white house that there has been a lot of differences with the russians over the last several years, and there is some concern that that might have played a role in this particular case. >> bill: the other thing david -- do you have a glass of water there -- >> no i'm fine. thanks. >> bill: i was surprised to hear jay carney support the delay in the sequestration. because it doesn't do away with it, and it doesn't include -- at least no guarantee of any now agre
the fbi is saying that they asked russia about this and never got a response. that's the take i'm getting at the white house. i don't know what meredith is hearing about it. >> wasn't it that the cia was the one that had flagged the older brother, and somehow there was some sort of miscommunication -- [overlapping speakers] >> bill: yeah, i think that was reported in the "post" this morning. so there's questions about -- and the pinged and janet janet napolitano said he...
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we sent it to the fbi and we sent it to the fbi we had a little less faith in the fwi after our experience with mark foley and to abc news. brian ross, our reporter there, very aggressive. >> best investigative reporter out there? >> and rhonda schwartz started looking into it as well. we asked if if we could send the information to them and he agreed to e-mail with them. he never would agree to speak with them by phone. abc news had a lot more resources. we figured they could go to the dominican republic and they have former fbi agents who work on staff. i thought they would be able to handle this investigation as well. never spoke to them, as it turns out, either. the story breaks in the daily caller which isn't exactly a rep tut putable news source. >> where did they get the story. >> that's a good question. probably pete williams. involved with prostitutes but the story falls flat largely because hurricane sandy had happened and. so that's sort of the end of it a couple of week ago, all of pete williams e-mails to crue all of his correspondents with us and the f.b.i. appear on a myster
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when can the fbi use the drones? does the fbi own the drones? who's flying the drones? who's trained the people? what are the limitations. we sent out a freedom of information act request to the fbi asking these are reasonable things. maybe there are ways you can use drones reasonably and it doesn't infringe on privacy that you can imagine a drone passing by your window and considering what else they're willing to do, it is hard to know what they might say that they can do with a drone but they should tell us. let's be transparent. have everybody understand what the policy is about the use of drones. does the fbi respond to that? no, they do not. they're not giving us anything regarding the drones so we sued them yesterday. we'll be in federal court trying to find out and tell the american people exactly how much drones are being used to spy in your backyard. >> bill: good for you. good for you! good for crew. here is the team. rand paul, melanie sloan and bill press. we're on the case. seriously about the drones. >> wow. >> bill: thanks, melanie. thanks for all that yo
when can the fbi use the drones? does the fbi own the drones? who's flying the drones? who's trained the people? what are the limitations. we sent out a freedom of information act request to the fbi asking these are reasonable things. maybe there are ways you can use drones reasonably and it doesn't infringe on privacy that you can imagine a drone passing by your window and considering what else they're willing to do, it is hard to know what they might say that they can do with a drone but they...
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but i have to at least toast the justice department and the fbi to fessing up. i don't know what this whole ricin thing is. >> we should have known that an elvis-impersonating, ricin sending guy from mississippi was too good to be true. >> bill: it also may have been a reaction -- remember this happened the day after the boston marathon bombings and first it was rumored that they were connected, and they said they were not reconnected, but they may have overreacted. >> they probably get letters like this all the time and now they decided to look a little bit more closely. i think the elvis impersonator's union is really happy about this, because they were feeling a little under attack. >> bill: i think the elvis impersonator's union is as big that's air traffic controllers. >> elvis is everywhere, man. >> elvis is everywhere. all right. so now there are some republicans in congress who are saying we're going to stick with the sequester, but just carve out an exception for the air traffic controllers. we'll talk about that next. >> announcer: this is the "bill pr
but i have to at least toast the justice department and the fbi to fessing up. i don't know what this whole ricin thing is. >> we should have known that an elvis-impersonating, ricin sending guy from mississippi was too good to be true. >> bill: it also may have been a reaction -- remember this happened the day after the boston marathon bombings and first it was rumored that they were connected, and they said they were not reconnected, but they may have overreacted. >> they...
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the fbi has announced they have arrested someone. the suspect in those two ricin-laced letters one sent to the president of the united states. one sent to senator roger wicker from mississippi. neither one got close to their actual office. they were intercepted at post office screening centers outside of washington. but it was just some nut case who wanted to be heard and who writes a lot of letters to members of congress. i'm surprised we haven't gotten a couple of them here in studio. but at any rate, they've got him. and also, this morning overnight, we're getting news of a horrific explosion at a fertilizer plant out in texas. we're starting to stay on top of that. texas police are reporting there are some 170 people that were injured in this blast. and now reporting somewhere between 5 and 15 fatalities. trooper d.l. wilson of the texas state police talked earlier about how bad it is. >> we have tremendous amount of injuries. probably over 100 injuries at this time. we do have confirmed fatalities. >> bill: yep again up to 170 i
the fbi has announced they have arrested someone. the suspect in those two ricin-laced letters one sent to the president of the united states. one sent to senator roger wicker from mississippi. neither one got close to their actual office. they were intercepted at post office screening centers outside of washington. but it was just some nut case who wanted to be heard and who writes a lot of letters to members of congress. i'm surprised we haven't gotten a couple of them here in studio. but at...
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they're the ones who went out there -- the fbi corruption. to give them credit, they're the investigators who have been there for the last 20 years. however, they have to answer for that at the same time. so they knew this case and they know it better than anybody else. so they do have an answer for it. they will say, you know, right in the middle of the trial of the witnesses, always have a counter argument. they know the case. i don't think they like -- i don't think they like some of the corruption in the past. prosecutors, they were sitting in there when some of the families filed their civil judgments against the fbi. prosecutors were in the courtroom. so they don't like it just as much. but they've also -- they're the government. they've had to answer to it. >> bill: milton valencia, you've been a good friend throughout this trial. hard work and taking the time for us. we appreciate it very much. wrapping it up this morning. thanks, milton. talk to you again soon. he's a good reporter. "boston globe" is a good paper. really done some go
they're the ones who went out there -- the fbi corruption. to give them credit, they're the investigators who have been there for the last 20 years. however, they have to answer for that at the same time. so they knew this case and they know it better than anybody else. so they do have an answer for it. they will say, you know, right in the middle of the trial of the witnesses, always have a counter argument. they know the case. i don't think they like -- i don't think they like some of the...
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the fbi realized that and they shut down. and so the reporters kept going back to their resources who didn't know anything, and were still talking. the people who knew weren't talking, and the people who were talking didn't know. >> right. >> bill: the one exception, i any the whole outstanding exception -- in the whole mess was pete williams from nbc. and this really changed the dynamics here, because breaking news always turned to cnn, because msnbc, they don't have a news association, they just have talkers, but they have got nbc behind them. they have peter williams and other people out there, and at a time like this, i knew because when i was working at msnbc, we did the same thing, so you turn to your nbc people who are just about the best in the business. there are some good people at abc too, but nobody came close to pete williams and he was the guy that had it right every time. and nbc, their rule inside was we're not reporting anything until pete says it is okay. and he by the way was trending on twitter. >> oh, yea
the fbi realized that and they shut down. and so the reporters kept going back to their resources who didn't know anything, and were still talking. the people who knew weren't talking, and the people who were talking didn't know. >> right. >> bill: the one exception, i any the whole outstanding exception -- in the whole mess was pete williams from nbc. and this really changed the dynamics here, because breaking news always turned to cnn, because msnbc, they don't have a news...
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it would be the fbi for the department of justice. in order to listen in, they would have to go to the fisa court and get permission, get a warrant to do so. the president saying, trying to reassure us they're not listening to your phone calls and the president says so don't think of me as the next dick cheney. >> obama: the whole point of my concern before i was president because some people say well, obama was this raving liberal before. now he's dick cheney. dick cheney says yeah, you know, sometimes, he took it lock, stock and barrel. my concern has always been not that we shouldn't do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism but rather are we setting up a systems of checks and balances? >> bill: so, the president says we need to do this spying. we need to do this intelligence gathering. but we just have to make sure that the proper checks and balances protections for our right of privacy are in place and the president goes on to reassure us that yes those checks and balances are there. >> obama: we have the system of checks an
it would be the fbi for the department of justice. in order to listen in, they would have to go to the fisa court and get permission, get a warrant to do so. the president saying, trying to reassure us they're not listening to your phone calls and the president says so don't think of me as the next dick cheney. >> obama: the whole point of my concern before i was president because some people say well, obama was this raving liberal before. now he's dick cheney. dick cheney says yeah, you...
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. >> john: that's how the fbi got gotti. do you think that if that were the case, if that attack was motivated because there was a secret c.i.a. black sight prison somewhere in the consulate this is what the c.i.a.'s director's girlfriend was saying in a speech. when fox news and information clearing house are agreeing on something, i'm disturbed in general. or inspired. but if that's the case, is that a scandal so huge that the media won't even touch it? >> i think the media will touch it. the media is digging on it. i know certainly our michael hastings is look at it. i'm sure national security report from every news outlet is digging because that would be the finish in some ways, the story of the century. you're tapping into the major pop culture moment and the return to -- and sort of a massive national security breakthrough. i mean everybody wants that story if they can get it. the question is could they get it. we're talking about that that's going to be very classified information if it is true. it is going to be very
. >> john: that's how the fbi got gotti. do you think that if that were the case, if that attack was motivated because there was a secret c.i.a. black sight prison somewhere in the consulate this is what the c.i.a.'s director's girlfriend was saying in a speech. when fox news and information clearing house are agreeing on something, i'm disturbed in general. or inspired. but if that's the case, is that a scandal so huge that the media won't even touch it? >> i think the media will...
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the timing on the interviews with the two precedes when the fbi found it. the guy didn't find the backpack logical last friday. they had already interviewed all three of the suspects prior to that. i'm not sure of the timing on that. i'm not a law enforcement official but it seems incredible they were able to find it. >> bill: i read this morning that tsarnaev had told one of them ahead of time, before hand, before the bombing "i know how to make a bomb." >> i hadn't seen that. there was some evidence that he and the other man had gone out to the charles river which is near where they live and had been setting off fireworks. so there was definitely -- they knew that this was something to mess around with. >> bill: on a related story matt lauer did an interview -- we haven't seen really or heard much from the guy who was carjacked, right? by them, in the mercedes. it turns out he's a 26-year-old chinese entrepreneur whose story is incredible. i don't know whether you saw that interview or read the transcript but boy, you talk about a cool customer. jumping o
the timing on the interviews with the two precedes when the fbi found it. the guy didn't find the backpack logical last friday. they had already interviewed all three of the suspects prior to that. i'm not sure of the timing on that. i'm not a law enforcement official but it seems incredible they were able to find it. >> bill: i read this morning that tsarnaev had told one of them ahead of time, before hand, before the bombing "i know how to make a bomb." >> i hadn't seen...
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the fbi has been involved. it has really gotten big. in all of that reporting, "the new york times" can -- nor anyone else can ever substantiate it. >> that's the thing that sticks out to me. you would think that somehow somewhere, somebody along the line would be able to corroborate that story. and when you look at the reporter that wrote the original story, getting matthew boyle who left "the daily caller" and is now with breitbart, he has a list of running -- >> bill: is that a -- is that going up or going down? [ laughter ] >> or let's say it is a move further right. further down the fringe and toward irrelevance maybe. >> he has a history of running with these rumors that you know, one of his other stories was that john boehner was going to resign as speaker of the house. >> bill: we saw how that worked out. there is a whole financial impropriety that looks like the fbi is investigating whether bob menendez took too many free flights or reimbursed the government. but we're talking about the prostitution controversy now. it looks li
the fbi has been involved. it has really gotten big. in all of that reporting, "the new york times" can -- nor anyone else can ever substantiate it. >> that's the thing that sticks out to me. you would think that somehow somewhere, somebody along the line would be able to corroborate that story. and when you look at the reporter that wrote the original story, getting matthew boyle who left "the daily caller" and is now with breitbart, he has a list of running --...
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he was interviewed, but the fbi had him on one list and the cia had him on another list. does it appear that one agency or another blew it here. that this guy was certainly potentially trouble and they failed to keep a watch on him? >> we know he was entered into two different terrorist suspect databases. and it was the cia that originally recommended that. it's not clear that they were not sharing information about him because these databases were linked. it's more of a question of whether the databases mean anything. one had 540,000 suspects on it. so that's not much of a list at all. >> bill: yeah. >> i think the question is what -- what action did they take as a result of knowing he was on the list? was there a follow-up when he got back from russia? were they aware he went to russia? and should they have requested him when he came back? there are two anti-terrorism units in massachusetts, one run by the state and another one in boston that is local law enforcement, these so-called fusion centers that were set up with the idea that they would disseminate information f
he was interviewed, but the fbi had him on one list and the cia had him on another list. does it appear that one agency or another blew it here. that this guy was certainly potentially trouble and they failed to keep a watch on him? >> we know he was entered into two different terrorist suspect databases. and it was the cia that originally recommended that. it's not clear that they were not sharing information about him because these databases were linked. it's more of a question of...
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this is not a stray fbi agent. and you know, i find that really, really disturbing. on the a.p. front just thinking about the combination of what we learned in the last few days and the a.p. situation the a.p. was 20 phones for about a two-month period. now, we're talking about trillions of telephone calls being traced the same way. they weren't listening in on the a.p.'s phone. all they had there as in this new nsa revelation, all they had there was the telephone number of who called who and for how long. >> bill: whatever happened to the old-fashioned kind of concept of probable cause right? that they might search our home or our car or our business or our phone records if they had probable cause to think we had some connection to terrorists? >> it is very disturbing. i mean, you know, legally, it is sort of reminiscent of what the framers called a general warrant. just the ability to peruse through without any -- without any authorization at all. again, it has to be said that the program the nsa program was adopted in some fashion by congress. that there has been a level, at
this is not a stray fbi agent. and you know, i find that really, really disturbing. on the a.p. front just thinking about the combination of what we learned in the last few days and the a.p. situation the a.p. was 20 phones for about a two-month period. now, we're talking about trillions of telephone calls being traced the same way. they weren't listening in on the a.p.'s phone. all they had there as in this new nsa revelation, all they had there was the telephone number of who called who and...
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investigated by the federal elections commission, by the office of congressional ethics and by the fbi. and also eric holder now saying he is sorry that he spied on so many journalists and he wants to make amends by meeting with all of the bureau chiefs of the news organizations in washington, d.c. as long as those meetings are all off the record. and most. >> reporter: s are saying no way -- and most reporters are saying no way. all of that and more here on current tv. the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore. cenk off air>>> and they c
investigated by the federal elections commission, by the office of congressional ethics and by the fbi. and also eric holder now saying he is sorry that he spied on so many journalists and he wants to make amends by meeting with all of the bureau chiefs of the news organizations in washington, d.c. as long as those meetings are all off the record. and most. >> reporter: s are saying no way -- and most reporters are saying no way. all of that and more here on current tv. the young turks is...
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he has demanded an fbi investigation. now crew says maybe you should be elected because it looks like there were a lot of senate aids in that came pain meeting against the law. melanie sloan is the head of citizens for responsibility and ethics. you were on top of it. welcome back. >> nice to be with you. >> why should we not be surprised. so first of all, who taped the meteing? do we know? and how? >> it appears from press accounts that a group called progress kentucky, a couple of its staff members stood outside the door of the campaign office in a larger being, in some kind of haul apparently and there was a gap in the door. they put some sort of microphone to the door and taped the conversation that were. >> that's what's being reported but we don't know for sure. >> listening to the tape and we played excerpts from the tape here on the show the sound is pretty good. the quality is pretty good. it sounds like there is like a little recording device like in the middle of the table. like i see reporters put their device
he has demanded an fbi investigation. now crew says maybe you should be elected because it looks like there were a lot of senate aids in that came pain meeting against the law. melanie sloan is the head of citizens for responsibility and ethics. you were on top of it. welcome back. >> nice to be with you. >> why should we not be surprised. so first of all, who taped the meteing? do we know? and how? >> it appears from press accounts that a group called progress kentucky, a...
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doing favors to help a buddy of his, a doctor down in florida who's records have been seized by the fbi. so you have the financial hanky panky, and the prostitute hanky panky panky, but the "washington post" came out and said that "the daily caller" was wrong. saying that this woman had been paid. now the "daily caller" is saying you talked to the wrong prostitute. >> when the "washington post" reported that another lawyer in the dominican republic had paid this woman to come forward -- >> bill: yeah, with a lie. >> with a lie. to fabricate this story, and basically given her a script to read because this report matthew boil had run with other various rumors -- he started the rumor that john boehner was going step down as speaker because there was a small throat his leadership, so he runs with these rumors and puts them out as fact. so it is possible. >> bill: so then the "daily caller" says no the "washington post" has the wrong prostitute. because theirs was 23 years old, and ours was 22 years old. has anybody else confirmed this story in any -- any other -- l.a. times, "new york post
doing favors to help a buddy of his, a doctor down in florida who's records have been seized by the fbi. so you have the financial hanky panky, and the prostitute hanky panky panky, but the "washington post" came out and said that "the daily caller" was wrong. saying that this woman had been paid. now the "daily caller" is saying you talked to the wrong prostitute. >> when the "washington post" reported that another lawyer in the dominican republic...
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here we can talk about maybe changes to the fbi right away. maybe we should, of course. we can talk about stopping immigration reform. it is really remarkable. and now do you have this growing course of conservatives saying let's load this down. leadership however, is hanging on. boehner yesterday on fox news said it may slow down by a couple of days but immigration reform is something we have to do because they know if they don't do it, they're in trouble demographically. they're going to keep this train rology but you do have those conservatives using it as an opportunity. >> bill: they have a lot of support around the country and the talk radio hosts around the country. they derailed it before. they might be able to do it again. igor volsky here, managing editor of think progress talking about the issues of the day with you. 1-866-55-press. join the conversation. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials?
here we can talk about maybe changes to the fbi right away. maybe we should, of course. we can talk about stopping immigration reform. it is really remarkable. and now do you have this growing course of conservatives saying let's load this down. leadership however, is hanging on. boehner yesterday on fox news said it may slow down by a couple of days but immigration reform is something we have to do because they know if they don't do it, they're in trouble demographically. they're going to keep...
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so far only the fbi has investigated petraeus but now the c.i.a. says it will open up its own investigation. yesterday's hearings also turned sour for the president when republican representative dana roar becker accused him of lying to the american people. although democrats did quickly jump to the president's defense. more david shuster on the "full court press" up after the break. stay with us. >>oh really? >>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio an on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> good morning everybody. david shuster sitting in for bill press on this friday morning, november 16th. we're going to be talking about the bp oil spill and a record settlement the company has it's greed to pay the u.s. government. we'll talk about that in jus
so far only the fbi has investigated petraeus but now the c.i.a. says it will open up its own investigation. yesterday's hearings also turned sour for the president when republican representative dana roar becker accused him of lying to the american people. although democrats did quickly jump to the president's defense. more david shuster on the "full court press" up after the break. stay with us. >>oh really? >>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the...
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mike mike german, 7 ario policy counsel for the aclu, a former fbi agent, himself, in studio with us this morning. hello, mike. good morning. >> thanks for having me. >> i didn't know you could sue the federal government. can you? >> oh, yes. we do it regularly. >> you do it on behalf of? >> well often, we have clients whose constitutional rights have been violated. >> right. >> in this case, the aclu is a verizon customer so we are actually suing on our own behalf. >> bill: i see, because your phone records? >> right. >> were seized? >> the phone records that were leaked out to the media actually covers it. >> so your contention is what? that this is illegal? >> it's unconstitutional infringement on the first and fourth amendments. >> and the administration says on, you know, the reverse much this which i have been hearing at the whitehouse for the last few days, this is an important -- this is a necessary program, important program, as part of our -- they don't call it the war on terror any more, and it's keeping us safe? >> and there is no evidence of that, as mark eudall on the i
mike mike german, 7 ario policy counsel for the aclu, a former fbi agent, himself, in studio with us this morning. hello, mike. good morning. >> thanks for having me. >> i didn't know you could sue the federal government. can you? >> oh, yes. we do it regularly. >> you do it on behalf of? >> well often, we have clients whose constitutional rights have been violated. >> right. >> in this case, the aclu is a verizon customer so we are actually suing on...
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or the fbi or whoever did not have all of the facts right. but jon huntsman, the one republican making any sense on this issue came out yesterday and said of course they didn't know all of the facts at the time when something like that is going on. you never do. he said it is the fog of war. >> of course. which of course is what tom -- tom ricks said. >> bill: on fox news. >> the small fire fight as he referred to it. of course you don't know. of course you don't know. that's what -- everybody has said. of course, you don't know all of the facts. that's what i don't understand about this. they've all said you don't know all of the facts. even susan rice said that on the day that we don't know all of the facts. the facts are unfolding so i still don't understand the obsession and if you want an obsession, why don't you make your obsession -- why is it that the dod didn't have enough military in place close enough to get there? why is it all of the military was seven hours away? i think that's a reasonable question. >> bill: that's a very legit
or the fbi or whoever did not have all of the facts right. but jon huntsman, the one republican making any sense on this issue came out yesterday and said of course they didn't know all of the facts at the time when something like that is going on. you never do. he said it is the fog of war. >> of course. which of course is what tom -- tom ricks said. >> bill: on fox news. >> the small fire fight as he referred to it. of course you don't know. of course you don't know. that's...
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the fbi placing her on the most wanted tear ratchety list. when we come back wayne slater is the senior spliblingpolitical writer from the dallas morning news. i can't wait to talk to him about the big george w. bush. is ted cruz really serious about running for president of the united states? >> like politics? then like the bill press show on facebook. this is "the bill press show." this show is about being up to date, staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. >> on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show." >> bill: hey, here we go, 14 minutes before the top of the hour. it's early on a friday morning here it's good to have you with us. it is the friday may 3rd, of course. we are coming to you live from our nation's capitol. well, on the political front this week most of the news was about a freshman senator from texas who says hey i'm so popular in texas, why don't i run for presid
the fbi placing her on the most wanted tear ratchety list. when we come back wayne slater is the senior spliblingpolitical writer from the dallas morning news. i can't wait to talk to him about the big george w. bush. is ted cruz really serious about running for president of the united states? >> like politics? then like the bill press show on facebook. this is "the bill press show." this show is about being up to date, staying in touch with everything that is going on...
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you're at a protest group in a meeting, there is a good chance there is a local police officer or an fbi agent undercover at your meeting. i don't want to make you paranoid. but there was one in phoenix for instance. and he was taking down the agenda items as he was incognito. one of the agenda items that the people had was -- we should try to work better with police and we should make up signs you are one of us. actually, he wasn't one of them. >> bill: whoa. oh, man. blew the whistle on this operation. good work again. thanks so much for your time. good to talk to you. see you out in madison soon. >> thanks, bill. >> bill: matt rothschild, progressive.org. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. (vo) current tv is the place for compelling true s
you're at a protest group in a meeting, there is a good chance there is a local police officer or an fbi agent undercover at your meeting. i don't want to make you paranoid. but there was one in phoenix for instance. and he was taking down the agenda items as he was incognito. one of the agenda items that the people had was -- we should try to work better with police and we should make up signs you are one of us. actually, he wasn't one of them. >> bill: whoa. oh, man. blew the whistle on...
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from new york took $40,000 from a developer, and failed to disclose it as a gift and only when the fbi started asking about it did it get reported as a quote, unquote, loan. he said i needed stuff -- i needed stuff for my house. he had just gotten a sweetheart deal from a real estate -- >> john: you know this goes back to what i think of nixon getting money to buy his house on seaside, so he got the house somehow, and then more money has been funneled to congressman meeks? >> yes, the house he thought he made $833,000 for it. >> john: is this where we bought the house from a loan from an indicted new york businessman. >> no that was from a developer, butten in he got a loan from another developer. and loans can, of course be gifts under house ethics rules. but in any event. it really did look like a gift. a loan can be a gift if you are getting the loan because you are a member of congress -- >> so they are just like us then? >> yeah, we have seen a lot of people get in trouble over the loan problem. >> john: so rivera meeks, and vern buchanan. >> we have been focusing on him since 200
from new york took $40,000 from a developer, and failed to disclose it as a gift and only when the fbi started asking about it did it get reported as a quote, unquote, loan. he said i needed stuff -- i needed stuff for my house. he had just gotten a sweetheart deal from a real estate -- >> john: you know this goes back to what i think of nixon getting money to buy his house on seaside, so he got the house somehow, and then more money has been funneled to congressman meeks? >> yes,...
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. >> if the fbi could have been able to determine whose voice it was, starting with the fbi and then after that, end of case, if anyone listens to that tape and listens to those screams it is bloodcurdling. it is so dramatic and then as soon as -- you know, as soon as you start hearing the screams i mean just sort of contorting the voices just up and down, writhing in tone. and then the gunshot. and the screams stop. now, the reason why they -- the fbi was unable to identify that voice, they say is because it wasn't a long enough sample. it was too short. and their audio experts who were testifying for the defense to say it is incomprehensible, you can't decide. impossible to tell. experts on the stateside who -- won of whom said i do believe that it was trayvon martin but i'm not completely certain. so because the science and the technology around this is not uniform between all of these different methods of evaluating it the judge banned that testimony. so it makes it totally hinging on individuals who have experience or relationships with both people in this. trying to identify th
. >> if the fbi could have been able to determine whose voice it was, starting with the fbi and then after that, end of case, if anyone listens to that tape and listens to those screams it is bloodcurdling. it is so dramatic and then as soon as -- you know, as soon as you start hearing the screams i mean just sort of contorting the voices just up and down, writhing in tone. and then the gunshot. and the screams stop. now, the reason why they -- the fbi was unable to identify that voice,...
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former fbi agent. >> thank you for coming in. look forward to that. our team here joining peter ogburn, of course. >> dan is on his money honeymoon. alicia cruz has the phones covered and cybrian boulding coming to you on your local progressive talk radio station. it was curious sort of that yesterday with all this unfolding story about the massive collection of data, the president was at north carolina talking about what? talking about wi-fi in schools, which is important. >> in an age when the world's information is just a click away, it demands that we bring our schools and libraries into the 21st century. we can't be stuck in the 19th century when we are living in the 21st century economy. >> excellent point. just sort of ironic. we need more of you to get online so we can get more data. >> spy on kids too. >> yeah. pacific that's the way it works. we will talk about this issue, talking taking your calls. not everything is so so serious on this friday morning. we are getting into the two great joys of summer a little later in the program. we will
former fbi agent. >> thank you for coming in. look forward to that. our team here joining peter ogburn, of course. >> dan is on his money honeymoon. alicia cruz has the phones covered and cybrian boulding coming to you on your local progressive talk radio station. it was curious sort of that yesterday with all this unfolding story about the massive collection of data, the president was at north carolina talking about what? talking about wi-fi in schools, which is important. >>...
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. >> caller: he was on an fbi list. we failed to connect the dots. >> bill: this picture was taken long before the fbi list. the story is about long before he was on the fbi list. that's the story. you know, how did this happen? how did he go off the rails? how did he become a mass murderer from being -- you know, like a model high school kid? how does that happen? that's what rolling stone is all about. read the article. and don't worry about what's on the cover. one other important thing yesterday, we've been talking a lot about it. don't want to forget about this at all. about the whole nsa spying operation. listening in on -- not listening in on but keeping a record every one of our phone calls every phone call made by every single american every day of the week. every minute of the day. you've heard me rant about it. i've really been upset that congress and the white house all seem to be just saying hey, good for nsa. yeah. it's great. we don't care. we need to do this and the war on on terror. i've been writing ab
. >> caller: he was on an fbi list. we failed to connect the dots. >> bill: this picture was taken long before the fbi list. the story is about long before he was on the fbi list. that's the story. you know, how did this happen? how did he go off the rails? how did he become a mass murderer from being -- you know, like a model high school kid? how does that happen? that's what rolling stone is all about. read the article. and don't worry about what's on the cover. one other...
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they want a wrongful death because of his cooperation with the fbi. but he's admitted to killing -- he says bulger -- in a dispute between the two. but he is admitting to pretty much -- he's saying but it was consensual. again, sexual intercourse -- it was oral sex. again, this is a woman who -- the defense attorney pointed out that you know, as a toddler, she used to call him daddy and he bounced her on the lap. oh, yeah, we had consensual sex later. it is just really horrible. we're going to hear more of it today. he's still on the stand. and bulger's lawyers if anything, they're trying to bring out the truth here. they're just getting started. >> it is amazing because it is such an interesting story just on its face and it is like oh they got this old man that's been on the run but god! he's a monster! >> bill: they're all monsters. >> exactly. >> bill: as milton points out 19 victims here you can't lose sight of. milton valencia is our guest "boston globe" reporter. you want to follow the trial "boston globe."com. reporting here has been sensation
they want a wrongful death because of his cooperation with the fbi. but he's admitted to killing -- he says bulger -- in a dispute between the two. but he is admitting to pretty much -- he's saying but it was consensual. again, sexual intercourse -- it was oral sex. again, this is a woman who -- the defense attorney pointed out that you know, as a toddler, she used to call him daddy and he bounced her on the lap. oh, yeah, we had consensual sex later. it is just really horrible. we're going to...
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i'll tell you kenneth starr there, he was investigating the whitewater the fbi files, the travel office, the murder of vince foster and the lewinsky affair. before the election in 1998, he sent congress a recommendation to impeach bill clinton and convict him under the lewinsky affair. he was also -- excuse me -- investigating whitewater travel office. already concluded foster had not been murdered obviously. he didn't say anything about that. after the election when we had the hearing he then came out with a report that said by the way, on whitewater and the travel office and the fbi files the clintons did nothing wrong. he was investigating five things. three of them, he exonerated the president totally. there were four pending. three of them -- one was critical. he sent us only the critical ones. they were saying at the time -- i said to him why didn't you -- tell us that? it was basically i'm only here to tell you bad news. but anyway, i felt good about that. then of course, the financial reform bill. and one other thing that i was frustrated on. people misunderstand that. for all o
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she's being investigated by the office of congressional ethics and we learned this week, the fbi has now joined this investigation. over what? over improprieties down in iowa with the presidential campaign. we're kind of letting the bipartisan process take hold there and let them investigate it. it is her distraction, not ours. we're focusing on the big issues up in the district. she does have a distraction going on right now. >> bill: why should you have to get involved? >> let her lose sleep. >> bill: pretty serious investigation when all three of those agencies or offices are looking at some of the allegations as you say improprieties in her presidential campaign. when you move around, i often wonder we wonder here sometimes, we play a lot of clips of michele bachmann on our show. when she ran away from dana at cnn news because she didn't want to answer any questions i think the repeal of obama -- >> i forget what it was. >> bill: but at any rate, we often wonder what do people back -- weren't the people back home embarrassed by her? >> that's the number one thing i hear bill. peo
she's being investigated by the office of congressional ethics and we learned this week, the fbi has now joined this investigation. over what? over improprieties down in iowa with the presidential campaign. we're kind of letting the bipartisan process take hold there and let them investigate it. it is her distraction, not ours. we're focusing on the big issues up in the district. she does have a distraction going on right now. >> bill: why should you have to get involved? >> let her...
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this will hurt not only the first responders that you mentioned but food inspectors, fbi agents and -- >> bill: air-traffic controllers. >> everything that americans depend on. but you're getting this growing course from republicans saying we do need to cut government spending. this isn't the ideal way to do it but this -- it gets the job done if that's what it takes and that's what it takes. >> bill: they're willing -- so in terms of the military, "new york times" reported some 240,000 members of the army, maybe national guard -- would get furloughs. there are ships that are not being deployed these days. there are all kinds of -- cuts to the pentagon, would be very severe. republicans who claim of being like pro military, pro defense. we support the armed forces. they're going to let this happen to the pentagon? >> i think a lot of the very defense hawks are saying no, we cannot let this happen to the pentagon but the general consensus -- not the general -- >> bill: the tea partiers more. >> broad ranging part of the republican conference and congress is saying we don't want these c
this will hurt not only the first responders that you mentioned but food inspectors, fbi agents and -- >> bill: air-traffic controllers. >> everything that americans depend on. but you're getting this growing course from republicans saying we do need to cut government spending. this isn't the ideal way to do it but this -- it gets the job done if that's what it takes and that's what it takes. >> bill: they're willing -- so in terms of the military, "new york times"...
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it reminded me of the fbi calls james rose an criminal co-conspirator. talking to somebody in the state department. >> i've heard a lot of sour grapes from other journalists directed at glen greenwald. people who are sour about having missed out on the scoop to cover intelligence. that's not the right way to handle it. >> bill: give him credit. he broke the story. julie mason here every afternoon on sirius x.m. she's here in studio with us. we're covering the waterfront this morning. you're welcome to join us at any time at 1-866-55-press. agree or disagree. we don't care. we still like it. we'll be right back. >> connect with the "bill press show" on twitter. follow us on bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp. this is the "bill press show." >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> with a distinctly satirical point of view. if you believe in state's rights but still believe in the drug war you must be high. >> only on current tv. we have a big, big hour and the iq will go way up. (vo) current tv gets the conversation started
it reminded me of the fbi calls james rose an criminal co-conspirator. talking to somebody in the state department. >> i've heard a lot of sour grapes from other journalists directed at glen greenwald. people who are sour about having missed out on the scoop to cover intelligence. that's not the right way to handle it. >> bill: give him credit. he broke the story. julie mason here every afternoon on sirius x.m. she's here in studio with us. we're covering the waterfront this...
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calling on the fbi to investigate, accusing democrats of being nextonian. that was the second phase. now that we are into the third phase of the story, which is mother jones is packed with another report this morning that it looks like mitch mcconnell was using senate staffers members of his senate crew here in washington to do the opposition research for his campaign, which, of course is against the law. there are so many dimensions. let's go back to the beginning. there is no doubt about it. and by the way, every candidate does this. if you are running against somebody you want to know, you do opposition research on your opponent and on yourself, by the way, because you want to know what they might find on you and you want to know what's out there for them. >> it's how the game is played. >> they were not looking at ashley judd's position on the issues. we don't know whose voice this is, but whoever the lead consultant to do the oppo research is reporting on what they found. first of all, mentally unbalance add. >> she is emotionally unbam answered, chapt
calling on the fbi to investigate, accusing democrats of being nextonian. that was the second phase. now that we are into the third phase of the story, which is mother jones is packed with another report this morning that it looks like mitch mcconnell was using senate staffers members of his senate crew here in washington to do the opposition research for his campaign, which, of course is against the law. there are so many dimensions. let's go back to the beginning. there is no doubt about it....
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the result of the investigation conducted by former fbi director louie freese. jenna johnson joining us on the news line this morning. >> good morning. >> what did louis freese tell u.s. >> a lot. this is a long long report. but it's very critical. what he said was that there were four people who did the wrong thing. he named names. he gave a lot of documents. a lot of times on these reports, the people investigating will give, you know, a lot of time lines, a lot of facts a lot of documents but they won't really connect those things together and say what this all means. from freese did that. he said the four most powerful men at penn state, the university president, the football coach, the vice president who oversaw operation of the universities and the athletic director knew about two incidents involving young naked boys in a shower with jerry sandusky and not only did they not try to identify who those boys were. they actively concealed information about this incident. and, you know, he points out a lot of reasons why they might have done that that they might
the result of the investigation conducted by former fbi director louie freese. jenna johnson joining us on the news line this morning. >> good morning. >> what did louis freese tell u.s. >> a lot. this is a long long report. but it's very critical. what he said was that there were four people who did the wrong thing. he named names. he gave a lot of documents. a lot of times on these reports, the people investigating will give, you know, a lot of time lines, a lot of facts a...
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the head of the boston office of the fbi, rick delarea. they made the decision overnight to release the video and the photos of these two men, suspect 1 and suspect 2. suspect 1 wearing the black hat. suspect 2 -- i may have them backwards. one was black hat, one was white hat. with back packs. rick delarea said these are the two guys. we need your help if anybody has ever seen these two guys around call the f.b.i. >> after a detailed analysis, photo, and other evidence, we are releasing photos of these two suspects. they are identified as suspects 1 and suspect 2. they appear to be associated. >> bill: and then, yesterday afternoon, also, in boston president obama speaking at the inter faith service in memory of those who lost their lives and were injured in the boston marathon had a message to these two guys right after the photos had been released. >> to those who carried this out and anyone who would do harm to our people, yes, we will find you. and, yes you will face justice >> bill: yes, we will find you. well, they found themselves,
the head of the boston office of the fbi, rick delarea. they made the decision overnight to release the video and the photos of these two men, suspect 1 and suspect 2. suspect 1 wearing the black hat. suspect 2 -- i may have them backwards. one was black hat, one was white hat. with back packs. rick delarea said these are the two guys. we need your help if anybody has ever seen these two guys around call the f.b.i. >> after a detailed analysis, photo, and other evidence, we are releasing...
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and the fbi have to be able to communicate more effectively. these agencies communicate more effectively. how do we get better? you know what? it has been a lot better. and nobody said we need to know why george bush let this happen. we need to know why republicans stood in the way. it is a totally different reaction. >> bill: what we had -- again which president opposed to the 9-11 commission, did a tremendous job led by tom kane of new jersey. and lee hamilton from maine. they came up with the recommendations. they looked at it from a bipartisan way. what lessons can we learn. it was not let's bring in the secretary of state who would have been condy rice. let's bring in the secretary of state and hold her responsible for the whole damn terrorist attack. >> i would have fired you! condy rice! >> bill: that's the difference. sherry is down in brownwood texas. >> caller: good morning. >> bill: good morning. what do you think? >> caller: my only thing that i really took out of this because i expected hillary to do what she did what i'm saddened
and the fbi have to be able to communicate more effectively. these agencies communicate more effectively. how do we get better? you know what? it has been a lot better. and nobody said we need to know why george bush let this happen. we need to know why republicans stood in the way. it is a totally different reaction. >> bill: what we had -- again which president opposed to the 9-11 commission, did a tremendous job led by tom kane of new jersey. and lee hamilton from maine. they came up...
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also about -- he raised questions about the fbi's use of drones. for which he has been criticized by chris christie saying that he's undermining the national security of this country and the reputation of the republican party for being tough on national security. so what's really going on here? >> well so this is the bush cheney wing of the party going up against the rising influence of the libertarian. even the ron paul, rond paul, wing of the party. we were talking about the nsa vote. there are a lot of issues over foreign policy that have come out. foreign aid. belief in intervention. and so on. that are dividing the republican party in half or at least in two. christie, he's not in congress but it is fair to say his public comments, he was on a panel last week where he was embracing the bush/cheney view about the hawkish, aggressive foreign policy of the fact that you know, we need to be involved in the world. and blasted rand paul for his positions on foreign policy. paul comes back and goes after christie and then all of a sudden, it desolves
also about -- he raised questions about the fbi's use of drones. for which he has been criticized by chris christie saying that he's undermining the national security of this country and the reputation of the republican party for being tough on national security. so what's really going on here? >> well so this is the bush cheney wing of the party going up against the rising influence of the libertarian. even the ron paul, rond paul, wing of the party. we were talking about the nsa vote....
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the president will officially be naming james combmy as the next director of the fbi. jay carney will be back in action as well with his briefing today at 12:45. i'll be down there for both of those events. tweet out some pictures and comments. don't forget to follow us at at @bpshow. in the next hour we'll talk about the latest on immigration reform, and then we will kick back and share our ideas for the best wines of summer. how is that? right here on the "full court press" wine press. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [♪ theme music ♪] >> bill: hey, good morning, friends and neighbors. happy summer. it's a the first day of summer june 21st, and welcome to the "full court press." we are live in our nation's capitol. we're right here on capitol hill where lots of fun and games were being played yesterday. we'll tell you all about it, tell you what is happening around the country and the globe, and give you a chance to tell us what you think about it all. i hope you know by now how to do that on the phone, at 866-55-press, on twitter twitter @bpshow, and
the president will officially be naming james combmy as the next director of the fbi. jay carney will be back in action as well with his briefing today at 12:45. i'll be down there for both of those events. tweet out some pictures and comments. don't forget to follow us at at @bpshow. in the next hour we'll talk about the latest on immigration reform, and then we will kick back and share our ideas for the best wines of summer. how is that? right here on the "full court press" wine...
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it is not impossible or like i am not wildly exaggerate to go say that the fbi or whom ever could take a picture of everybody, everybody on that on the mall. >> yeah. >> right? >> yeah. then they could run that they could run those images through photo identification software. >> yeah. >> figure out who was there. >> that's technically, that's very feasible and very doable. the reason people are worried is, we have this new technology coming, that congress has ordered the f.a.a. to open up the air space to these vehicles but we don't have any new laws governing it. i think that's why we are seeing this widespread concern all across the political spectrum. it's like what's going on here? what protection do we have? right now, we really don't have any. >> would these domestic drones be armed? >> there is one drone manufacturer in texas which offers a capacity for we hopeonization and says our drone could carry -- you could launch tear gas or fire rubber bullets. the weaponization of drones in the domestic air space is possible. we have no new legal framework for this. so there would be n
it is not impossible or like i am not wildly exaggerate to go say that the fbi or whom ever could take a picture of everybody, everybody on that on the mall. >> yeah. >> right? >> yeah. then they could run that they could run those images through photo identification software. >> yeah. >> figure out who was there. >> that's technically, that's very feasible and very doable. the reason people are worried is, we have this new technology coming, that congress...
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they have already interviewed the director of the fbi and other federal officials. they are trying to find these leaks. >> that's not good enough. then, of course john cornyn has to make the play for the cameras, that dumb as a fence post senator from texas saying you have got to resign. >> mr. attorney general, it's more with sorrow than regret -- than anger that i would say that you leave me know alternative but to join those that equal upon you to resign your office. >> what an idiot. what a total i had ". first of all, he was reading from a statement. he can't even read the freaking statement. >> how heart-felt. >> yeah, as though he is in sorrow. you know what? it's just a cheap call for a head line, just a cheap call for publicity. who the freak cares? >> thank you. >> what john cornyn thinks about anything. and who cares that he calls on eric holder to resign? what does that mean? nothing. you know what, right here and now. are you ready? peter, do we have a fanfare? >> drum roll. >> let's hear it. [drum roll.) >> i call on john cornyn to resign out of sorrow
they have already interviewed the director of the fbi and other federal officials. they are trying to find these leaks. >> that's not good enough. then, of course john cornyn has to make the play for the cameras, that dumb as a fence post senator from texas saying you have got to resign. >> mr. attorney general, it's more with sorrow than regret -- than anger that i would say that you leave me know alternative but to join those that equal upon you to resign your office. >>...
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he is being investigated by the fbi. >> that's never a good sign. >> knock on wood, that's never happened to me. >> maybe neck candidates lieutenant governor. dw jackson, here is what he had to say at the convention. >> unfair with homo section walty, pedophile i can't or some of these other perversions, but i believe that there is a direct connection. they want absolutely complete sexual freedom. >> uh-huh. all right. what slice of virginia does he represent? >> let's just see. he's radioactive. they goofed big-time. it'sgol going to become obvious as time goes on because the impression is, they nominated an african-american. they nominated an african-american for the ticket. boy, they are learning from 2008 to 2012. now wait until people get to know this particular african-american. there is a trail of controversial statements that would embarrass todd akin. >> he's the nominee. it was the classic example after con convention stampeding. at leisure as they learn. all kinds of things that haven't come out yet. >> you see i assume they won't make a change of this. that would be, you know
he is being investigated by the fbi. >> that's never a good sign. >> knock on wood, that's never happened to me. >> maybe neck candidates lieutenant governor. dw jackson, here is what he had to say at the convention. >> unfair with homo section walty, pedophile i can't or some of these other perversions, but i believe that there is a direct connection. they want absolutely complete sexual freedom. >> uh-huh. all right. what slice of virginia does he represent?...
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if you look at the fbi statistics, murder rates, assaults and other statistics on crime, if you look at the border rate, according to the fbi, the crime rate on the border is lower than the national rate. if you pick laredo, mccalan and pick one of the border towns per 100,000, you compare it to washington, d.c. where we're at right now, washington has more murders than some of the border areas. now you go across the river it is a different thing. over there mexico's having a very hard time with the -- >> bill: in terms of the border itself and people coming across, are as many people coming here illegally as -- >> no. it is a lower amount. it is the lowest amount since 1972. % the people trying to cross here illegally. lowest number that we have. different reasons, bill. one, we've got 18,500 border patrol down in the southwest. >> bill: more than we've ever had. >> that's right. second, our economy is still slowing down. so there's less jobs over here. three, the demographics in mexico and other places, if you look at the growth, it is smaller than what it used to be so there's --
if you look at the fbi statistics, murder rates, assaults and other statistics on crime, if you look at the border rate, according to the fbi, the crime rate on the border is lower than the national rate. if you pick laredo, mccalan and pick one of the border towns per 100,000, you compare it to washington, d.c. where we're at right now, washington has more murders than some of the border areas. now you go across the river it is a different thing. over there mexico's having a very hard time...
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he was working on a task force with the fbi buying cocaine and he was assassinated by a drug dealer. that woke me up. >> bill: whoa. i can see that. so what is the answer? is the answer what we saw in colorado and washington state this month or last month? >> that's part of the answer. >> bill: legalization of recreational marijuana. >> that's part of the answer. >> bill: do you think all drugs should be legal? >> absolutely. i hope your listeners -- you didn't fall out of your seat so i'm glad about that. i hope your listeners don't do the same. maybe they're still in bed laying down listening to you. but when we say legalization, we're talking about regulation and control. currently there is none. you just pretty much say okay, here you go. organized crime and cartel and drug dealers, you manage it. you give it out to our kids. you don't ask for i.d. you create all of this violence in our neighborhoods. that's what we currently do. we don't have coors and anheuser-busch shooting it out in our street as they manage their alcohol within our communities, do we? >> bill: right. >> that
he was working on a task force with the fbi buying cocaine and he was assassinated by a drug dealer. that woke me up. >> bill: whoa. i can see that. so what is the answer? is the answer what we saw in colorado and washington state this month or last month? >> that's part of the answer. >> bill: legalization of recreational marijuana. >> that's part of the answer. >> bill: do you think all drugs should be legal? >> absolutely. i hope your listeners -- you...